"The club can only condemn all destructive behavior from pseudo supporters who insult their own players when everyone should be supporting the team," Marseille said.

Evra, whose most successful spell as a player came at Manchester United and Juventus, has lost his place at Marseille this season to Jordan Amavi. But Evra has remained visible on Instagram videos, singing and having fun.

He was heavily criticized in some sections of the media, including by former France players such as Christophe Dugarry, for filming himself offering a bag of food to a homeless person on Marseille's streets and posting a socially loaded message asking others what they were doing to help.

Evra's temperament has been an issue in the past. He has clashed verbally with former players — especially Lilian Thuram and Dugarry — and with television pundits, often mocking some of them with invented names as a pun on their names.

Evra has dropped out of contention for France: His 81st and last appearance was a year ago in a World Cup qualifier against Sweden.

Evra was captain of the 2010 World Cup squad but was blamed for being the orchestrator of a training-ground strike that shocked the nation. The team refused to train after striker Nicolas Anelka was sent home for insulting coach Raymond Domenech at halftime during a match against Mexico. Evra received a five-game ban from the French Football Federation after returning from South Africa.